Press Release - August 8, 1995

FORMER DDCI ADMIRAL STUDEMAN FETED AT RETIREMENT CEREMONY

McLean, VA, 8 Aug 95 -- Admiral William O. Studeman, USN, who
served two Presidents and three Directors of Central
Intelligence as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
from April 1992 until June 1995, was feted at a retirement
ceremony in front of CIA Headquarters this morning.

Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch, who presided at
the ceremony, praised Admiral Studeman for "an outstanding
32-year career as an innovator and a tireless defender of our
national security."

"As Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and Acting DCI,
he has helped guide the CIA and the Intelligence Community
through a critical time," Director Deutch said. "The last
few years have brought an unrelenting parade of crises and
challenges. Throughout, Bill has acted with calm, with
vision, and most important, with integrity."

Director Deutch added, "Despite the daily crises, Bill has
always kept one eye on the future, on tomorrow's intelligence
questions and the technology we will need to answer them. To
use his own terms, he made time to 'think lofty thoughts.'
Because of his penchant for action, but also because of his
creativity, he leaves the Intelligence Community better than
he found it."

Admiral Studeman, reflecting on his more than three years as
DDCI, stressed the importance of a strong, global US
intelligence capability and referred to the professionals at
CIA and throughout the Intelligence Community as
"unbelievably extraordinary."

"If this country didn't have a CIA, it would have to reinvent
it," he said, adding that intelligence is a "defining concept
which makes this country great."

During the hour-long retirement ceremony, which was attended
by CIA and Intelligence Community officials as well as Chief
of Naval Operations Admiral Jeremy "Mike" Boorda and other
senior military officials, Director Deutch presented Admiral
Studeman with the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.

The ceremony, which included a 17-gun salute and musical
selections from the US Navy Band, was the first such ceremony
ever held at CIA Headquarters.

When President Clinton visited CIA on July 14, 1995, he
presented Admiral Studeman with the highest award that anyone
in the Intelligence Community can receive, the President's
National Security Medal. "No one deserves it more and the
honor it represents," the President said at the time.